Using the information in this chapter, evaluate whether each of the following statements is true, false, or uncertain.
Since 1950, the participation rate in the United States has remained roughly constant at 60%.
False, the participation rate in the US increased when women entered the labor force.
True or False: Since 1950, the participation rate in the United States has remained roughly constant at 60%.
QUESTION 4 Forty five states of the united states (excluding the five largest) were arranged in nine strata with five states each, states in the same stratum having roughly the same ratio of 1950 to 1940 population. A stratified random sample with n, 2 gave the following results for 1960 population (y) and 1950 population (x) in millions stratum 5 4.67 3.93 3.96 3.44 6 4.32 .96 .41 1.33 7 4.56 4.06 3.57 3.29 9 2.18 1.9 1.75 0.23 0.13...
Which statement about U.S. economic growth since 1950 is true? The 1950s and 1960s were particularly good decades for growth, and the benefits of growth were more widely shared than they have been in recent decades. The decade of the 1990s was by far the best for growth, as improvements in information technology greatly increased productivity. Growth of GDP per capita has been remarkably constant over this time; no decade stands out as either better or worse than any other....
Part A: True/False/Uncertain Questions Indicate whether each of the following statements is true, false or uncertain and explain why. Most of the marks depend on the quality of the explanation - unsupported answers will receive little or no marks. Each question is worth 5 marks for a total of 20 marks. (1) An increase in the tax rate has the same effect on the aggregate expenditure function as a decrease in government spending.
1. True, False or Uncertain: For each of the following statements determne if the statement is TRUE, FALSE, or UNCERTAIN. You must justify your answer either graphically or algebraically. No credit will be given without an explanation. a. "Suppose that the CPI in Japan in 2015 is equal to 180 and the CPI in the United States in 2015 is equal to 165. Then the inflation rate in Japan was higher than the U.S. inflation rate between 2014 and 2015."...
True or False 1. The achievement of greater efficiency in the United States has been at the expense of growing inequality. 2. One of the consequences of allowing wages to fall in the United States has been growing wage inequality. 3. If the budget deficit was eliminated, the federal government would have more money than it could spend. 4. Market economies are not constrained by scarcity; only planned economies have that problem. 5. Rent controls and controls on other prices...
The output of goods and services produced in the United States has grown on average 3 percent per year since 1965. True False
State whether the following is true, false or uncertain, and then defend your answer. States with a right-to-work law have a lower rate of unionization because the law makes it more expensive for unions to organize and to bargain.
14. Among men in the United States, prostate cancer has the highest death rate but not the highest incidence. True False
1. Among women in the United States, breast cancer has the highest death rate but not the highest incidence. True False
State whether each of the following statements is true or false. True False The unit of the rate constant for a first order reaction is M-1 * time-1 True False The reaction order that corresponds to the unit year-1 is 2 True False The unit of the rate constant for a second order reaction is M-1 * time-1 True False The reaction order that corresponds to the unit M-5/2 * min-1 is 7/2